The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers.

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

Economic policies need to be analyzed in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the hopes that inspired them.

The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires chasing a finite number of goods, services and resources. The first rule of politics is to ignore the first rule of economics.

People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.